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AnthropicSEP 02, 2026 ↗Claude's new system prompt really doesn't want to reproduce song lyricsAnthropic publish the system prompts for their Claude consumer applications (Claude.ai and the Claude mobile apps - sadly not for Claude Cowork or Claude Code). I love that they do this, and that they...OpenAISEP 02, 2026 ↗US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive
artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the practice and procedure of AI use
globally," t...Google DeepMindSEP 02, 2026 ↗Proactive cyber defense for governments and enterprisesxAIAUG 31, 2026 ↗The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and GrokVersions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools.
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AUG 15, 2026Gemini 3.7 Flash Is Smarter and Half Price. Read the Fine Print on Both.→JUL 24, 2026Kimi K3: The Largest Open Model Ever Does Not Exist Yet. It Is Due Monday.→JUL 22, 2026Meta Killed Llama in April. Now It Wants You to Rent Muse Spark Instead.→JUL 21, 2026Gemini 3.6 Flash Is Not Smarter Than 3.5. Google Says That Is the Point.→JUN 27, 2026OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Its Best Model Yet. You Cannot Use It Yet, and That Is the Story.→
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SEP 02, 2026Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without CredentialsThreat actors are exploiting a severe security vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox, an enterprise VoIP platform, that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution.
The vulnerability in question i...The Hacker News · coding↗SEP 02, 2026GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal BackendsTwo vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many government and agency geo...The Hacker News · coding↗SEP 02, 2026OpenAI faces 30 more lawsuits tied to Tumbler Ridge shootingEdelson PC is filing 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge shooting, escalating claims to aiding and abetting and naming Chris Lehane, though evidence remains unconfirmed.OpenAI · coding↗SEP 02, 2026How to Secure Enterprise AI: From Adoption to Incident ReadinessThe debate about whether AI delivers business value is over. The challenge now is implementing it at scale and securely across every function while meeting board-level pressure to move fast. Organizat...The Hacker News · coding↗SEP 01, 2026Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAIApple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation.OpenAI · coding↗SEP 01, 202613 Malicious Packagist Packages Target Unpatched iPhones to Steal Crypto Wallet SeedsCybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 13 malicious Composer theme packages on Packagist that are designed to inject JavaScript into Vietnamese movie and comic streaming sites that install...The Hacker News · coding↗SEP 01, 2026How AI-native companies turn workflows into operating capabilityBasis, Clay, and Exa Labs use AI agents to improve onboarding, account management, and developer integrations. See what enterprise leaders can apply.OpenAI · coding↗AUG 31, 2026Introducing wraptureIntroducing wrapture
New from Graham Dumpleton (of wrapt, mod_wsgi, and New Relic's Python agent fame), who describes Wrapture as taking the monkeypatching ideas from wrapt and extending them to apply...Simon Willison · coding↗AUG 31, 2026Pocket's AI made my game ideas real. Now Meta controls the results.Interactive mobile "gizmos" are easy to make, hard to share outside Meta's platform.Ars Technica · coding↗AUG 31, 2026ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus ExclusionsThe threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application, running the malware under a trusted process to slip past us...The Hacker News · coding↗AUG 31, 2026Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 TargetsThreat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according to ...The Hacker News · coding↗AUG 31, 2026Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a ‘Harvey for police officers’Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet.TechCrunch · coding↗AUG 31, 2026Clipto uses AI to search terabytes of video and is now valued at $250MThe three-year-old startup says it reached $15 million in ARR and profitability before raising its latest $15 million round.TechCrunch · coding↗